Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

Chapter 281 Accepting the Good Intentions

When the yard is full of people during the day, time seems to pass so quickly, but when there is only one person left at night, time becomes particularly unbearable.

After Duan Minmin went to sleep, Zheng Yuan was alone in the kitchen, neither standing nor sitting, feeling uncomfortable all over.

At this time, I especially miss the era of advanced technology. As long as I had a mobile phone, boring nights would not be so difficult to endure with just a mobile phone or TV.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuan decided to buy a few sketchbooks tomorrow to help the two of them pass the time while they were keeping watch at night.

All I can do tonight is stare at the firewood in a daze.

The efficiency was quite good with three stoves working at the same time. Zheng Yuanshou had almost finished the distillation in the first half of the night.

By the second half of the night, there were only about a thousand pounds left. Zheng Yuan simply steamed all the rest in one go to save Duan Minmin the trouble.

After collecting the essential oils and hydrosols and extinguishing the fire in the stove, Zheng Yuan tiptoed into the room.

The rooster has already crowed twice by now. It must be at least two o'clock in the morning.

The night of Zhaoming was really cold. I didn’t feel anything just now in the kitchen, but when I came out and the cold wind blew, I felt unbearable in an instant.

Zheng Yuan couldn't help but blow on his hands.

"Hmm~ Yuanbao, is it time?"

Unexpectedly, Duan Minmin, who usually sleeps like a pig, woke up suddenly tonight. She got up in a daze and tried to put on her clothes.

"Go to sleep. I have already distilled everything. You can sleep peacefully until dawn." Zheng Yuan stretched out his hand to stop her.

"Ah?" Duan Minmin's half-closed eyes finally opened completely, "Why didn't you call me?"

"There's only a little left, why bother waking you up? Tomorrow morning you can get up earlier and I can sleep a little longer."

"That's fine. Thank you for your hard work, Yuanbao. Come up quickly. I've made the quilt hot for you." Duan Minmin patted the bed and moved a little further inside.

Zheng Yuan quickly took off his coat and got in. The temperature in the early morning was really unbearable.

"Is it cold outside?" Duan Minmin came over and wanted to hug Zheng Yuan to warm her up.

Zheng Yuan quickly reached out to stop her: "Don't come over here, I'm so cold, you won't be able to sleep soon."

"It's a bit cold outside. The temperature difference is too big. I feel like it's only about 10 degrees outside right now."

"Oh my god, it's so cold?"

"I didn't expect that. It's still warm in the kitchen, so I can't come out. OK, let's stop talking and go to bed."

"Uh-huh."

Duan Minmin reached out her hand and hugged Zheng Yuan tightly, and they both fell asleep quickly.

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The next day, Minmin got up quietly before noon. Zheng Yuan had gone to bed late last night and was sleeping soundly at this moment.

Duan Minmin tiptoed to take her clothes outside and put them on. Just as she was about to go to the kitchen to light the fire, she heard someone whispering at the door.

Could it be that some thieves were targeting them so early in the morning?

Duan Minmin's heart tightened. She picked up a piece of firewood from the firewood shed and slowly moved towards the door.

When she reached the gate of the courtyard, Duan Minmin carefully put her ear against the door.

Then I heard bursts of breathing and stomping sounds coming from outside.

Another voice whispered, "Hiss~ It's really cold today. Will it be cloudy today?"

"I'm afraid so. I noticed something was wrong with the sky yesterday evening. I don't know if it will affect the ladies."

Isn’t this Mrs. Luo’s voice?

Duan Minmin breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.

"Squeak!"

The door suddenly opened, startling the four women waiting outside, and they unconsciously took a step back.

"Sisters-in-law, why are you here so early? Come in, come in quickly." Duan Minmin asked them to come in quickly.

"Good morning, Madam Duan! We thought you have a lot of things to do here, so if you come earlier we can do more." Mrs. Luo scratched her head.

"The roses haven't been delivered yet. You can sleep a little longer. It's very cold this morning."

"It's okay, we usually get up at this time. The roses haven't been delivered yet, so we can do other things." Mrs. Gao continued.

"Yes, we do other things. By the way, ma'am, these are the vegetables we grow at home, I hope you don't mind." Mrs. Luo handed over a basket.

“This is the pickled vegetable I made at home.”

"This is a little bit of beans."

"This is some mustard greens that my daughter found outside the city yesterday." Mrs. Wang said embarrassedly.

The remaining three people also handed over the baskets in their hands.

Only then did Duan Minmin notice that several people were holding a basket in their hands.

"What are you doing, sisters-in-law? Keep it for yourselves."

Duan Minmin heard Zheng Yuan talk about their situation yesterday. They were already in such a difficult situation, how could she accept these things?

"Madam, these things of ours are all fresh and not dirty, so don't worry." Mrs. Luo was a little anxious.

They thought Duan Minmin disliked that their things were dirty, and Duan Minmin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

"Sister-in-law, what are you thinking? How could your things be dirty? I was just worried that if you sent them to us, we would have no food at home." Duan Minmin explained.

"It's okay, it's okay. We have food at home. We ate so much at your place yesterday, so we have to give you something. We have to go out to buy some anyway, and it's free to grow food at home."

Knowing that Duan Minmin didn't despise them, they all smiled.

Duan Minmin originally wanted to say that they were just providing food and asked them not to be so polite, but after thinking it over she didn't say it out loud.

Appropriately accepting other people's kindness is also a way to make others feel less burdened.

Duan Minmin took the things from the hands of several sisters-in-law and thanked them one by one. Then she put the things in the kitchen and returned the baskets to them.

These baskets must have been a very important tool in their homes.

"Mrs. Duan, let's finish sweeping the floor first, and then find some poles to prop up the curtains. I think the weather today might be a little cloudy, and it would be bad if the roses are not dried."

As they spoke, the four of them went to look for brooms and poles.

"Sister-in-law, you guys should take a break first." Duan Minmin hurriedly stopped a few people.

"My sister stayed up until midnight last night and is trying to catch up on her sleep now. The noise from sweeping the floor is too loud and will disturb her," Duan Minmin explained.

"Was Madam Zheng steaming roses last night?" Mrs. Luo lowered her voice.

Just now when they came in, they found that the roses that were washed yesterday were gone. Considering what Duan Minmin said about staying up all night, it was easy to think that they were steaming roses last night.

"Yes."

"Madam, I can stay up late at night, so I can come and watch over you at night." Mrs. Niu volunteered.

"I can do that too."

"And I."

Others also responded.

"No need, we have to operate this thing ourselves. You can just sleep peacefully at night and come to help us the next day."

It’s not that this thing is so confidential, it’s just that it is indeed a bit troublesome to talk about, and Duan Minmin was embarrassed to let others do it day and night, so she refused.

After hearing what Duan Minmin said, the four of them knew what to do and didn't insist.

"So what can we do now?"

With nothing to do, the four began to get restless again.

"Go light up the fire in the kitchen and cook some porridge. It'll be a good breakfast for us. And please wash the vegetables we brought with us so we can have them for lunch."

Duan Minmin felt like she was a genius. Since she didn't like cooking, it was a good opportunity to give them something to do. Washing the vegetables would save her some trouble at noon.